Arch-support.



L. LOBBL & N. FRANK.

ARCH SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 22, 1914.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

LEON LBEL AND NORVIN FRANIQ OF N COMFANY, INC., A GORP EW YRK, N. Y.,ASSIGNURS T0 BELFRAN ORATILJ UF NEW YDRK.

ARCHSUPPORT,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Fen. lili, itali..

Application led July 22, 1914. Serial No. 852,438.

.To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, LEON Lonr. and NoRvIN FRANK, citizens of the UnitedStates, and residents of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new` and useful Improvements inArch-Supports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of our invention is to provide a support for the arch of afoot having resilient rproperties adapted to perform a lmeading ormassaging office during the arnbulatory movement of its wearer'.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is supportembodying our invention, partly broken away and partly shown in dottedlines to illustrate the elements composing our preferred embodiment ofthe present invention; Fig. 2, is a vertical cross section taken at theline 2--2 of Fig. 1, and; Fig. 3, is a side view of Fig. l, looking inthe direction of the arrow of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, l is a base plate in anysuitable form, and which is adapted to liev adjacent to the inner soleof a shoe; 2 is a fan consisting ofV a plurality of lingers, and whichis preferably made of spring metal. This fan is fastened at one end inany suitable manner to the base plate l, the lingers projecting there`from in such contour so as 'to support the arch of a foot. Over this fan2 is suitably fastened to the hase plate a covering 3 of leather orother suitable alinernent element 4f preferably substantially follows incontour the outline of the free ends of the lingers of spring alinernentelement is fastened by rivets 5 or otherwise to one or more of thecentral fingers of the fan. The ends of this spring alinement element 4flie on the base plate 1hut are preferably not attached thereto thusinsuring full free spring action therein.

We have also provided in our device a supplemental spring 6, one end ofwhich is -riveted or s plate by a fastening element 7, the other end aplan view of an arch Aforth tached to said base material. A spring'v thefan 2, which i.

Otherwise fastened lto the lease` of which'is bent upward and broughtinto loose contact with the spring alinement element 4f.

It will be obvious from our construction as above described and shown,that the action of our arch support will be such when 1n operation tosupport the arch of 'a foot that, when in the act of walking, it willperform a constant resilient movement effecting a gentle massage to thefoot, as well as givlng' great comfort to the wearer.

life have described and illustrated our preferred embodiment of thisinvention; but do not desire to he limited to the exact constructionshown.

What we in the appended claims.

Claims` l. ln an arch support, a base plate, a fan having a plurality offingers attached to said base plate, a spring alineinent elementattached to one or more of said ngers, said spring element also actingto keep said lingers in alinement, a supplementalspring atplate andadapted to alinement element, and a cover aflixed to the upper side ofsaid base plate so as to maintain the other elements thereof out ofactual contact with a foot.

2. In an arch support, a base plate, a fan having "a plurality of ngersattached to said hase plate, a spring alinement element attached to oneor more of said fingers, said spring element also acting to keep said ngers in alinement, and a supplemental spring attached to said hase plateand adapted to support said spring alinement element.

3. ln an arch support, a base plate, a fan attached to said base plate,a spring element attached to said fan, and a. supplemental springattached to said hase plate and adapted to support said` spring element.

l. ln an arch support, a base plate, a fan having a plurality of fingersattached to said hase plate and a springI element at- Jcached td one ormore of said fingers, said spring element also acting to keep saidfingers in alinement.

support said spring' 5. ln an arch support, ahase plate, a fan 10,0

desire to cover by patent is set tached -to said base plate and adaptedto support said fan.

LEON LOBEL. NORVIN FRANK.

lllitnesses:

KATHRYN T. SI-IAY, JAMES N. CATLOW.

